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| | Updates to David Taylor's Software -
2012
This page lists the changes made to my applications during 2012. You can register free of charge to
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| Date |
Application |
Notes |
| 2012-May-17 |
WXtrack
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V3.8.20 - Honour +3 orbits ground track
display request, restore Next Pass displays in manual mode, handle missing
radio modes more elegantly, correct southern hemisphere moon phase
display. |
| 2012-May-15 |
MSG Data Manager |
V2.6.4 - Start support channel 12 AVISO NRT
and CorSSH data (data must be in Data Channel 12, retention period is the
same as other AMESD data), honour retention period for SAF SST
metagranules. |
| 2012-May-06 |
Metop Manager
Processes AVHRR & GAC data from the EUMETCast EPS/Metop-A stream,
and manages other data and messages |
V1.4.14 - Handle "Save data in EPS
format" correctly with .BZ2 data, add support for new WMO naming on
copied data, merge IASI and IASI 366 processing options, add option to
delete problem AVHRR file rather than stopping, French language update. |
| 2012-May-06 |
BUFR Viewer |
V1.1.12 - Update for new "sounder"
file names. |
| 2012-Apr-19 |
MODIS L1
Viewer |
V3.0.2 - Add support for 250m, 500m &
1km resolution LAADS data (allows use of world-wide data you download from
this site,
extend File|Open dialog to include LAADS file names, support
drag-drop of one or more LAADS files, support files on the command-line),
user-selected RGB support for combining visible or thermal channels (10
settings), add reading a whole directory of fire files parameter:
-fire:<directory-name> (supports many command-line options, plots
cities, background image named FireBackground.jpg supported), option for
world map view in browser, option to bypass new file scanning on startup,
setup option for EUMETCast channels or all channels - a program restart is
required, support for GSHHS 2.2 and MapGen boundary data, add support for
local boundary data which is specified by the environment variable
BOUNDARY_DATA, substantial command line enhancements being developed.
V3 upgrade required |
| 2012-Apr-04 |
GRIB Viewer |
V2.3.14 - Support for GOES/MSG-D/H__DLI/SSI
data, decode and display SST confidence and delta-time fields, ctrl-F5
loads the latest version of the displayed data, right-click image for
auto-refresh option, improved display for S-OSI_-NOR_-MULT-AHLSST data,
support saving images in TIFF format from the command-line, use a
compressed format when saving TIFF images (note: new DLLs required), move
bottom caption up by two pixels, add support for local boundary data which
is specified by the environment variable BOUNDARY_DATA. |
| 2012-Apr-04 |
Sea-Ice and SST
Viewer |
V1.4.4 - Support more
data types (S-OSI_-FRA_-MTOP-GLBSST_FIELD, S-OSI_-FRA_-MTOP-NARSST_FIELD,
S-OSI_-FRA_-NOAA-NARSST_FIELD), add these to the File|Open menu. |
| 2012-Apr-03 |
GeoSatSignal
Process images from geostationary weather satellites |
V7.3.2 - Support more
GOES-15 data, support more Dundee data for RGB combinations, add option
for satellite name in common timestamp, add option for year in annotation
text, enhance FY-2D support, add FY-2D to EUMETCast Browser function,
revised HRV mapping (works best with MSG Data Manager 2.6), per-job
overlay position tweak, accept GSHHS 2.2 boundary data. |
| 2012-Apr-03 |
MSG Animator |
V2.6.2 - Add zoom option
( select zoom level from Setup dialog, four fixed zoom levels available, double-height option still available
[Expand N-S], pixels rescaled - not interpolated, boundaries scaled with the image, so uglier),
add second boundary option ( common across all animations, may display in greyscale or blue colour, colour according to the particular palette in use),
allow either boundary to accept MapGen format data, accept GSHHS 2.2 boundary data,
accept parameters defining which animations to start ( example: MsgAnimator.exe -3 -7),
revised HRV mapping which works best with data from the MSG Data Manager 2.6,
apply 3-hourly data option to Meteosat data if selected. |
| 2012-Apr-03 |
MSG Data Manager |
V2.6.2 - Improved HRV north-south positioning
( works best with GeoSatSignal 7.3 and the MSG Animator 2.6), support GSHHS 2.2 boundary data,
option for copying MODIS MOD05/YD05 TPW files, reporting updates ( add estimated FY2D eclipse dates,
merge multiple MPE reports after RSS restart). |
| 2012-Feb-25 |
MSG Data Manager |
V2.5.54 - Update SAF retention to include AHL data,
interpret more AMESD date formats, support WMO-RA-I data (T_HML* files supported, must be in \received\WMO-RA-I, saved to \images\DWDSAT\ tree),
support EARS
IASI sounder data), option to save ATOVS/IASI data in images\Sounder ( older files in both directories will be managed),
reporting updates (eclipse dates and exclude FIRC as it's not a fixed
number of segments). |
| 2012-Feb-01 |
WXtrack
|
V3.8.18 - More information with the Tracker
Status box pop-up hint (WiSPDDE displays uplink & downlink frequencies
& modes), when user changes radio modes a 4-second delay should cause
WiSPDDE to pick up the change (an hour-glass is displayed while this
happens). |
| 2012-Feb-01 |
AVHRR Manager
Handles EARS NOAA & Metop-A AVHRR data. |
V2.0.8 - Add support for new EUMETCast
directory naming, hidden Thumbs.db file removed when deleting an empty
folder, French language update. |
You can also use Fred
van den Bosch's program DownloadPrograms - which will keep an eye on the
version numbers for you!
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